7 Ways to Change Your Thinking and Reach Your Goals

Listing your dreams and goals is the easy part. But lots of big goals need a mindset change. And as you know, that’s the hard part. So….

1. Focus on What You Want - Not What You Don’t Want
   It rolls off the tongue to say “I want to stop smoking” or “stop procrastinating” (one of the most popular goals on SuperViva). Instead imagine and state your goal as something like “Always treat my body as a temple of perfect health.”
2. Enjoy the Process and Journey
   Instead of fixating on the end result of what you want - like being rich or thin, revel in the process.
3. Imagine The Result
   Einstein said “Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” When you set your goals, imagine yourself AFTER having achieved them. Pick a day in the future. Think about where you’ll be. What you’ll look and feel like. What and who is around you. What you’re enjoying or feeling at that very moment.

   This puts the “law of attraction” into motion!

4. Avoid Negative Hypnosis
   You know how when you diet all you can think about is that chocolate layer cake you CAN’T have? The more you fixate on what you can’t have the more you’ll want it. (Trust me, I did that recently!) For that matter the same applies for long time marriages, eh?

5. Perception is Projection. Project Good Things.
   You know when you’re in a really bad mood and everything goes wrong? You catch all the red lights. Everyone’s mean to you. You get a ticket. Life sucks. And you know when you’re happy and everyone loves you, the weather is beautiful, and life is great? Well, do the latter. Or at least own the bad things that happen if you choose to walk around in a bad mood. Then get over it stat!
6. Find a Role Model To Learn From
   Not only should you think of someone who embodies many qualities you would like to have, you should list out what you believe his or her values are. For example say you want to create a successful food product, in a sustainable way, and live in the country and in particularly you admire Ben and Jerry (of ice cream fame). You might list out all the qualities that would lead them to start this business, grow it while sticking to their principles, etc. Then think about ways you might need or want to change to be more like them.
7. Use Your Time Wisely and Take Action - Every couple of days or even every day look at where you are with what you’ve set out to accomplish this year. Do you need to step on it, perhaps sign up for classes, or make other plans? Tis true that time flies faster than we expect. Live each day not like it’s your last but like it’s a critical part of making this the best year of your life - which it is!

Thanks Albert Einstein for his sense of humor: “When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That’s relativity.”

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